Previously thesame day, local police and the Drug Crime Police Department under the Ministryof Public Security detected Nguyen Thanh Trung, residing in Huong Son district,who was travelling with his two accomplices in two pickup trucks on NationalRoad 8C from Laos.
Trung attemptedto run away when he was being chased by the police. However, at about 7:30pm,all three smugglers were arrested and brought to Ha Tinh police headquarters.
The men were partof a trafficking ring from Laos into Vietnam through Cau Treo international bordergate in Ha Tinh province.
The case isbeing further investigated.-VNA